What is Kill Switch?
Quick answer
A kill switch is a one-tap control that immediately halts automation and, on RelayTrades, flattens open positions. It is a safety mechanism to stop everything fast if you want out, regardless of what any strategy is doing. It bounds how much can happen without your say-so, but it does not undo losses already taken.
A kill switch is exactly what it sounds like: an emergency stop. In copy trading, where trades are placed on your behalf, it is the control that lets you take back the wheel instantly.
What a kill switch does
With one tap, the kill switch halts automation so no new copied trades are placed, and on RelayTrades it also flattens your open positions, closing them out. It is designed for the moment you want out now, whether because of market conditions, a change of mind, or anything else. It acts at the account level, on everything at once, rather than on a single trade.
Why it matters in copy trading
When you follow another trader, their trades are being copied into your account, so having an immediate override matters. The kill switch is your account-level safety net on top of per-trade tools like stop-losses: if you ever want to stop everything, you can, in one tap. It bounds how far things can go without your input, though it cannot undo losses that have already happened, and fills when flattening are still subject to the market.
Frequently asked questions
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